SHOCK as Doctors leave cotton in woman’s womb after C-section in Kisumu (PHOTOs)

Wednesday,
October 24, 2018- In a shocking case of medical negligence,
doctors at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital left pieces
of cotton in the womb of a woman after C-section.

The victim, 25-year old Joyce Oluoch, checked into the
facility and delivered her twins via C-section.

She was discharged and went home but after six days she
started experiencing sharp pains in her lower abdomen.

Her condition deteriorated with each passing day forcing her
to go back to hospital for a series of tests.

“I had to go back to the same hospital, where I went through
a series of tests that yielded nothing,” she said.

She spent three days in ICU and another two weeks in the
general ward.

After consulting several specialists in Kisumu, a doctor
recommended a CT scan and an examination of the lower abdomen.”

That is when it emerged that there were traces of cotton in
the lower abdomen which needed an urgent operation.

“We went to the referral hospital with the results, and the
doctor in charge scheduled the operation after a month, but it is now seven
months since my wife started developing these complications,” her husband, Mr.
Bernard Oluoch says.

The couple is now asking well wishers to get the hospital to
act.

But according to the hospital boss, Dr Peter Okoth, the
delay in attending to Mrs. Oluoch was caused by the need to investigate the
case and check the history of the patient.

“We are arranging to have the patient back in hospital
because of the complications that have emerged,” he says.